Israel: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief

Abstract

For decades, strong bilateral relations have fueled and reinforced significant U.S.-Israel cooperation in many areas, including regional security. Nonetheless, at various points throughout the relationship, U.S. and Israeli policies have diverged on some important issues. Significant differences regarding regional issuesnotably Iran and the Palestinianshave arisen or intensified since 2009, during the tenures of President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.1Since the 2016 U.S. election, a number of developments involving President-elect Donald Trump, the Obama Administration, Israeli leaders, and various other actors (including Members of Congress) have arisen. These developments have already affected U.S. policy in relation to Israel or may affect it following Trumps inauguration [truncated]

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 06, 2017
Accession Number
AD1024465

Entities

People

  • Jim Zanotti

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • European Union
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • Law
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • Regional Security
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution